Francesco Balzani
January 17 – 11.42pm – ROMA
He admitted that he wanted to quit at the end of the season, but the results on the pitch say that Claudio Ranieri can still have his say in Serie A. Roma took advantage of the Olympic effect and also beat Vieira’s Genoa, collecting their fifth consecutive useful result and their 6th victory in a row at home. “Let’s do this: I won’t say anything more about my future. I had already decided I wanted to stop last year and instead you still have me here with you. Better not to say anything, leave me alone”, jokes the coach.
the match
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Who then gets serious about the match: “With the arrival of Vieira, Genoa got together well, it wasn’t easy to enter the area – admits Ranieri -. The team is moving towards never stopping and making as few mistakes as possible . We wanted to win it in front of 62 thousand spectators, the stadium was full even on a Friday night. We must do everything for these people who love us beyond all limits.” No controversy about penalties: “I always shout at the team not to stop, I’m happy that they listened to me because it’s instinctive for you to demand something that you judge in your favour. There is VAR anyway, in case the referee stops the game. Maybe there was a handball, I don’t know.”
Dybala’s future
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-The Giallorossi coach then focuses on Dybala and El Shaarawy – “How nice to see Paulo play – sighs Ranieri -. He deserves the price of the ticket. Only champions invent those plays. The club takes care of his contract, I always put him on the field because he is well and I spoke to his agent and recommended me. Stephan is one of the most experienced players and I know I can always count on him. He deserves to play more but everyone is training well, they know that now the cups are coming and I will need everyone at their best. Pilgrims? He suffered a blow to his knee, we’ll understand tomorrow.” The cups in fact, the Europa League returns on Thursday, a terrain that Roma knows how to tread well. “In these two matches against Az and Eintracht we either go out or we stay in – concludes Sir Claudio -. We are ready to get a result, we are fine from a psychophysical point of view. On one side or the other we must try to obtain something.”
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dybala ed elsha
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Important milestones for Dybala (100 games with Roma) and El Shaarawy (300). Both decisive this evening against Genoa. “My future? I’m thinking about Thursday, we’re playing in Europe and it’s important” Paulo cuts him short and immediately moves on to the match. “It’s not easy to score against Genoa. But we maintained the same intensity and with the entry of El Sha we added freshness on the wing. We are aware of how the season started but now we are happy with what we are achieving. We must continue like this.” Ball to El Shaarawy. “We had a great second half, I hoped to make my contribution – says Pharaoh -. I’ve been playing here for a long time and I know we should have done more in the first round. In the last period with Ranieri we have found identity and balance, but I am aware that Roma cannot be tenth.”
